3 Stars and Above Archive

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    Sencillo Platinum Piramide

    Vitola: Piramide Strength: Medium Price: Approx $9 The Sencillo Platinum is a collaboration between Keith K. Park (Prometheus, God Of Fire, Angelenos) and Christian Eiroa (known for Camacho). The cigar is a honduran puro, and is marketed as an everyday smoke. Upon initial inspection the wrapper leaf has a light...

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  • La Gloria Cubana Serie N

    La Gloria Cubana Serie N JSB by Wayne Hwang

    La Gloria Cubana Serie N Vitola: JSB (Robusto Gordo?) (5.5×54) Strength: Medium to Full Wrapper: Maduro (Capa Oscuro) Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Price: $6 to $7 Samples smoked: 3 Average smoke time: 1 hour 45 min Soooo dark.  Giggity. The La Gloria Cubana...

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    Gran Habano Azteca El Aguila by Stephen Hannibal

    Gran Habano Azteca Aguila (Torpedo 5 1/2×52) Strength: Medium Wrapper: San Andreas Maduro Filler: Nicaraguan, Panamanian Price: $4.00 (on sale)   The Azteca is one of the newer offerings from Gran Habano. It is a double maduro with a mexican san andreas binder and wrapper and is available...

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    Smoke of the Week: Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversary Robusto

    Name: Punch Rare Corojo 10th Anniversary Vitola: Robusto (5 X 50) Wrapper: Connecticut Corojo Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua, and Dominican Republic Body: Medium Smoke Time: 1H 10M Average Price: $6.50 Smokers are familiar with the Punch Rare Corojo, which features an Ecuadorian Sumatra...

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    Cigar of the Day: Gurkha Turk Toro

    Name: Gurkha Turk Vitola: Toro (6×52) Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Unknown Filler: Dominican Republic (Cibao Valley), Turkey Body: Mild Smoke Time: 1H 15M Average Price: $4.00 This blend from Gurkha features exotic tobacco from Turkey. The cigar was firmly packed and was wrapped in a...

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  • Kristoff

    Kristoff Criollo Robusto Cigar Review by Tony Yan

    Name: Kristoff Criollo Vitola: Robusto (5.5 x 54) Wrapper: Nicaragua Habano Criollo Binder: Olor Dominican Republic Filler: Olor Dominican Republic and Nicaragua Body: Medium Smoke Time: 1H 15M Price: $8.20 The next cigar in my Exclusive Cigars series is the Kristoff Criollo. This cigar was...

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    Camacho Pre-Embargo Cigar Review by Spencer I.

    Camacho Pre-Embargo Wrapper: 1999 Jamastran Corojo Filler: Cuban Binder: unknown Size: 6 x 48 Burn time: 1h 10 min Retail:  $25.00 Strength: Med-Full Before I go into the review I’m going to have to give this 2 ratings to be honest, one based on price...

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  • Calibre 58 Cigar

    Calibre 58 Robusto Cigar Review by Tony Yan

    Name: Calibre 58 Vitola: Robusto (4×58) Wrapper: Nicaragua Rosado Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Body: Medium-Full Smoke Time: 1H 10M Price: $4.60 WBF received some samples of the Calibre 58 from the Miami Cigar Company. From what I understand, this is an early limited release to...

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  • La Aurora from Miami Cigar & Company

    La Aurora – Complete Review of the 107 Line of Cigars

    The following is straight from the Miami Cigar & Company in Florida (picture above as well): La Aurora is celebrating their 107th anniversary with a new cigar, properly named the 107. The launch also plays with the 107 theme by selecting 107 stores nationwide to...

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  • La Aurora 107 Corona

    La Aurora 107 Corona Cigar Review by Stan Bogdanov

    Cigar: La Aurora 107 Vitola: Corona (5.5×43) Filler: Dominican and Nicaraguan Binder: Dominican Wrapper: Sun Grown Ecuadorian Strength: Medium to Full We were fortunate enough to try out the new 107 blend from La Aurora, sent to us by the Miami Cigar & Company in...

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